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2024 symposium program

The program below has been structured around the 2024 science symposium theme, ‘Knowledge of the collective to shape a way forward’.
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Symposium venue

The event was held at the Commercial Club Albury. 

Friday 21 June 2024

Time Session Speaker
8:30 am Registrations, tea and coffee  
9:00 am MC opens the symposium  Dianne Flett
CSIRO 
9:05 am Welcome to Country Darren Wighton
Wiradjuri Community Leader
9:10 am Knowledge of the collective to shape a way forward – contribution of MD–WERP to collective wisdom and the utility of research outcomes beyond the life of the program Prof. Rob Vertessy 
MD-WERP Governing Panel Chair
9:30 am Science in the Basin – how science supports and informs policy development and helps us understand what the potential consequences of a decision may be

Andrew McConville
Chief Executive, Murray–Darling Basin Authority

Address transcript

Media release: Water and environment research unveiled at Basin science symposium
9:45 am Australian Government research priorities

Rachel Connell 
First Assistant Secretary, Water Reform Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

MD-WERP Governing Panel member 
10:00 am Keynote address: Climate Change Adaptation and Social Change  Prof. Lauren Rickards
Director of La Trobe Climate Change Adaptation Lab, La Trobe University 
10:50 am Morning tea  
11:10 am

Tactical projects

  • Communicating river bank erosion
  • Waterbird foraging habitats in the Murray–Darling Basin
  • Enhancing local fish communities on Country by utilising natural managed waterbodies as nursery ponds for native fish (Mike Gilby). 

 

MDBA theme leads

  • Courtney Webber, MDBA
  • Dr Heather McGinness, CSIRO
  • Mike Gilby, Victorian Fisheries Association
11:35 am

Strategic research themes

  • Climate adaptation
  • Hydrology
  • Environmental Outcomes
  • Social, Economic and Cultural Outcomes 

MDBA theme leads

  • Joel Bailey
  • Sohail Rai
  • Alex Meehan
  • Susan Goff
12:05 pm Interactive poster session with the researchers  Theme leads, researchers
1:00 pm Lunch  
1:40 pm Governing Panel Q&A

Prof. Lauren Rickards (Q&A Chair)

MD-WERP Governing Panel:
2:40 pm Reflections, next steps and wrap up – legacy of MD-WERP research outcomes beyond 2025

Prof. Nick Bond 
La Trobe University

Dr David Post 
CSIRO
2:55 pm Close and thank you Dianne Flett
CSIRO
3:00 pm Symposium end  

Last updated: 21 June 2024